Ernst Märzendorfer (26 May 1921 – 16 September 2009) was an Austrian conductor.
He studied with Clemens Krauss at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and was appointed as first conductor of the Graz Opera in 1945.
He conducted at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in the early 1950s.
From 1953 to 1958, he was the principal conductor of the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, and led several tours with the orchestra, including a highly acclaimed American tour.
He was appointed musical director of the Salzburg Festival in Hellbrunn in 1976, where his highlights included twenty stage works by Jacques Offenbach.